Black Cars

Black Cars
Studio album by Gino Vannelli
Released	November 30, 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Larkfield Recording Studio, Westwind Studio
Genre	Rock, soft rock
Length	33:27
Label	HME, CBS, Polydor (Canada)
Producer	Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli
Gino Vannelli chronology
Nightwalker (1981) Black Cars (1984) Big Dreamers Never Sleep (1987)

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Black Cars is the eighth album by Gino Vannelli. Produced with his brothers Joe and Ross, the album yielded two hit singles: the title track and "Hurts to Be in Love".

Vannelli was nominated for the 1986 Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year, an award he won in 1979. He and Joe won the 1986 Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year for the title track.

Track listing

1. "Black Cars" (Gino Vannelli, Roy Freeland) - 3:07
2. "The Other Man" (G. Vannelli, Freeland) - 3:37
3. "It's Over" (G. Vannelli, Ross Vannelli, Freeland) - 3:40
4. "Here She Comes" (G. Vannelli) - 3:18
5. "Hurts to Be in Love" (G. Vannelli) - 3:39
6. "Total Stranger" (G. Vannelli, Freeland, Bill LaBounty) - 4:53
7. "Just a Motion Away" (G. Vannelli, R. Vannelli) - 4:18
8. "Imagination" (G. Vannelli) - 3:04
9. "How Much" (G. Vannelli) - 3:51

Singles

The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.

Personnel

• Gino Vannelli – vocals, drums, percussion, guitar
• Joe Vannelli – synthesizers, synth bass, electric and acoustic piano
• Ross Vannelli – percussion, bass guitar
• Mike Miller – guitar, acoustic guitar, solo guitar
• Jimmy Haslip – bass guitar
• Mark Craney – drums
• David Garibaldi – drums
• John Messerschmidt – background vocals
• Lori Lieberman – background vocals

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